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Merkle923 · 08-05-2015, 11:44 PM

Here is one more photo style from Kalamazoo Bats (which depicted the Mets and Giants players exclusively in studio portraits, the Phillies at the then-brand-new Baker Bowl, and the Athletics in full-body images at a photo studio somewhere).

Stovey (his two cards in the set both identify him by his family name, Stowe) is one of the forgotten stars of the 19th Century. Five times a home run champ and twice the leader in stolen bases, with an OPS+ of 144 and a career 45.1 WAR total in just fourteen seasons, he's been largely dismissed because while he starred in the American Association and the Players' League, he was pretty ordinary in the National League (though perhaps his best overall season saw him lead the NL in triples, homers, slugging percentage - to go with 57 stolen bases - in 1891).

08-05-2015, 11:44 PM	#25838
Merkle923 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2013 Posts: 2,210	Harry Stovey 1880 Here is one more photo style from Kalamazoo Bats (which depicted the Mets and Giants players exclusively in studio portraits, the Phillies at the then-brand-new Baker Bowl, and the Athletics in full-body images at a photo studio somewhere). Stovey (his two cards in the set both identify him by his family name, Stowe) is one of the forgotten stars of the 19th Century. Five times a home run champ and twice the leader in stolen bases, with an OPS+ of 144 and a career 45.1 WAR total in just fourteen seasons, he's been largely dismissed because while he starred in the American Association and the Players' League, he was pretty ordinary in the National League (though perhaps his best overall season saw him lead the NL in triples, homers, slugging percentage - to go with 57 stolen bases - in 1891). Last edited by Merkle923; 08-02-2017 at 12:29 AM.